ÖMER ANLAĞAN

Adjunct Professor, Part-time

Ömer Anlağan

Address

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bilkent University
06800 Bilkent, Ankara

Office

EA102

Phone

+90 (312) 290-3066

E-Mail

anlagan@bilkent.edu.tr

BIOGRAPHY

Prof. Dr. Ömer Anlağan obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc degrees in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University in 1967 and 1970, respectively, and received his Ph.D. degree in the Machine Tool Technology Division of UMIST/England in 1975. He worked at the Mechanical Engineering Department of METU between 1975-1982 as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor; taught Manufacturing Engineering and Metal Cutting courses as a visiting Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA between 1982 and 1984; worked in Richland Industries in Wisconsin, USA as a consultant and helped the company to modernize their manufacturing facilities between 1984 and 1986; returned to Turkey in 1986 and worked in Emek Holding A.Ş. as the Director of R&D; was appointed as the Director of the Computer Center of METU between the years 1988 and 1993; has worked as a full Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of METU between 1989 and 2001; was appointed as the Director of TUBITAK-SAGE (Defense Industry Research and Development Institute) between 1995 and 2004; and served as the Vice President of TUBITAK between 2004 and 2011. His academic interests cover the areas of manufacturing processes, CAD/CAM, CIM and tribology.

EDUCATION

B.S., METU, Mechanical Eng. (1970)
Ph.D., The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Machine Tool Technology Division (1975)

RESEARCH

Tribological behaviour of machine tool slideways, machine tool slideways simulation, micro machining systems (piston skirt machining), manufacturing execution systems development, agent-based shop floor control systems development.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS

    Journal Paper
  • Akalp, M., Şen, D., Anlağan, Ö., Kılıç, S. (2003). "Development of a Web-Based Job-Shop Scheduling System", WESIC 2003, 4th Workshop on European Scientific and Industrial Collaboration
  • Başıbüyük, Y., Kılıc, S.E., Anlağan, Ö. (2003). "A Study on Quality Control System Implementation in a Distributed Manufacturing Environment", WESIC 2003 (4th Workshop on European Scientific and Industrial Collaboration) p.465-472